big3bigD
07-14-2007, 09:04 AM
This would be a decent pickup for Dallas. Young Talented big man that they can develop,
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2007/07/summer_league_update.html
Wizards Insider
Stevenson deal done, Wiz SL team drops to 0-3
First, the news of the night: the Wizards and free agent shooting guard DeShawn Stevenson have agreed to a four-year, $15 million contract. Stevenson will hold a player option for the fourth year. The offer has been in place for several days and Stevenson has been mulling his options. By late Friday night, free agent guards like Morris Peterson (New Orleans Hornets) and Steve Blake (Portland) had agreed to deals and the market was pretty much set.
Stevenson had been hoping for more money - perhaps another $3 million - but in the end, the Wiz offer was the best that was going to be out there. From a pure basketball perspective, it's a deal that works out for both sides. Stevenson got a nice bump after playing for less than $1 million last season and he'll have a player option in four years that will allow him the chance to go out get another contract or make another $3.7 million or so with the WIz.
For the Wiz, signing Stevenson means keeping last season's core together - a core that had the best record in the East shortly before the All Star break before injuries hit - with the knowledge that Andray Blatche, Oleksiy Pecherov, a healthy Darius Songaila and rookies Nick Young and Dominic McGuire will add to a potentially strong bench.
The contract terms will also help the salary-cap tight Wiz retain restricted free agent Andray Blatche and still be able to use the by-annual exception for a guy like Calvin Booth.
The summer leaguers dropped to 0-3 with a 74-69 loss to Houston tonight. The good news was that Pecherov busted out with a very strong game. He got off to a nice start, was active on the boards all night and finished with 26 points on 11 of 21 shooting with 14 rebounds. Young added 14 points on five of 14 shooting but the summer Wiz continued their trend of playing well in the first half only to lose steam in the fourth quarter. They led by 17 points in the first half but were outscored 32-14 in the third and couldn't finish at the end.
Wes Unseld Jr. went with a different lineup tonight: Aaron Miles and Brian Chase started in the backcourt, Dominic McGuire and Pecherov opened at forward and Kyle Visser again started at center. For the second straight game, Miles played a solid all-around floor game. He finished with six points and eight assists with no turnovers in just under 32 minutes.
- I had a chance to chat with Coach Eddie Jordan briefly before the game and he said he plans on speaking with Lionel Hollins about the team's open assistant coach position soon. Hollins last coached on the staff with Memphis.
-Nothing really new to report on the Juan Carlos Navarro front but it's almost a certainty that the Wiz won't sign him now that Stevenson is in the fold. The latest is out of Memphis where Navarro's fellow Spainard, Pau Gasol, said that he wants Navarro in a Grizz uniform next season. I did hear one rumor that I haven't been able to confirm. It goes like this: Memphis was (or is) willing to make a deal that would bring Navarro's rights to Elvis-town along with Brendan Haywood. According to the rumor, however, Ernie wanted to package Etan Thomas and his contract in the deal instead of Brendan. It wasn't clear which player the Wiz would take back but I would assume it was Stromile Swift, who has one year remaining on his deal. Again, file that one in the rumor department.
- Tonight, a little birdie told me that Dallas is one team that might jump out with an offer for Blatche. That makes some sense because I read a report out of Dallas a few weeks back stating that Blatche would be a possible target for the Mavs if other options fell through. Stay tuned.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/wizardsinsider/2007/07/summer_league_update.html
Wizards Insider
Stevenson deal done, Wiz SL team drops to 0-3
First, the news of the night: the Wizards and free agent shooting guard DeShawn Stevenson have agreed to a four-year, $15 million contract. Stevenson will hold a player option for the fourth year. The offer has been in place for several days and Stevenson has been mulling his options. By late Friday night, free agent guards like Morris Peterson (New Orleans Hornets) and Steve Blake (Portland) had agreed to deals and the market was pretty much set.
Stevenson had been hoping for more money - perhaps another $3 million - but in the end, the Wiz offer was the best that was going to be out there. From a pure basketball perspective, it's a deal that works out for both sides. Stevenson got a nice bump after playing for less than $1 million last season and he'll have a player option in four years that will allow him the chance to go out get another contract or make another $3.7 million or so with the WIz.
For the Wiz, signing Stevenson means keeping last season's core together - a core that had the best record in the East shortly before the All Star break before injuries hit - with the knowledge that Andray Blatche, Oleksiy Pecherov, a healthy Darius Songaila and rookies Nick Young and Dominic McGuire will add to a potentially strong bench.
The contract terms will also help the salary-cap tight Wiz retain restricted free agent Andray Blatche and still be able to use the by-annual exception for a guy like Calvin Booth.
The summer leaguers dropped to 0-3 with a 74-69 loss to Houston tonight. The good news was that Pecherov busted out with a very strong game. He got off to a nice start, was active on the boards all night and finished with 26 points on 11 of 21 shooting with 14 rebounds. Young added 14 points on five of 14 shooting but the summer Wiz continued their trend of playing well in the first half only to lose steam in the fourth quarter. They led by 17 points in the first half but were outscored 32-14 in the third and couldn't finish at the end.
Wes Unseld Jr. went with a different lineup tonight: Aaron Miles and Brian Chase started in the backcourt, Dominic McGuire and Pecherov opened at forward and Kyle Visser again started at center. For the second straight game, Miles played a solid all-around floor game. He finished with six points and eight assists with no turnovers in just under 32 minutes.
- I had a chance to chat with Coach Eddie Jordan briefly before the game and he said he plans on speaking with Lionel Hollins about the team's open assistant coach position soon. Hollins last coached on the staff with Memphis.
-Nothing really new to report on the Juan Carlos Navarro front but it's almost a certainty that the Wiz won't sign him now that Stevenson is in the fold. The latest is out of Memphis where Navarro's fellow Spainard, Pau Gasol, said that he wants Navarro in a Grizz uniform next season. I did hear one rumor that I haven't been able to confirm. It goes like this: Memphis was (or is) willing to make a deal that would bring Navarro's rights to Elvis-town along with Brendan Haywood. According to the rumor, however, Ernie wanted to package Etan Thomas and his contract in the deal instead of Brendan. It wasn't clear which player the Wiz would take back but I would assume it was Stromile Swift, who has one year remaining on his deal. Again, file that one in the rumor department.
- Tonight, a little birdie told me that Dallas is one team that might jump out with an offer for Blatche. That makes some sense because I read a report out of Dallas a few weeks back stating that Blatche would be a possible target for the Mavs if other options fell through. Stay tuned.